2022 NOMINEES & RECIPIENTS
Winners are in bold.
BEST MAINSTAGE PRODUCTION
Amadeus (Red Line Productions and Sydney Opera House)
The Jungle and the Sea (Belvoir)
A Raisin in the Sun (Sydney Theatre Company)
Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde (Sydney Theatre Company)
Whitefella Yella Tree (Griffin Theatre Company)
BEST INDEPENDENT PRODUCTION
Albion (Secret House, New Ghosts Theatre Company and Seymour Centre)
Gods and Little Fishes (New Theatre)
Cleansed (Red Line Productions)
The Seven Deadly Sins & Mahagonny Songspiel (Red Line Productions)
BEST DIRECTION OF A MAINSTAGE PRODUCTION
Wesley Enoch (A Raisin in the Sun)
Craig Ilott (Amadeus)
S. Shakthidharan and Eamon Flack (The Jungle and the Sea)
Iain Sinclair (The Caretaker)
Kip Williams (Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde)
BEST DIRECTION OF AN INDEPENDENT PRODUCTION
Lucy Clements (Albion)
Dino Dimitriadis (Cleansed)
Kenneth Moraleda (One Hour No Oil)
Riley Spadaro (The Italians)
BEST PERFORMER IN A LEADING ROLE IN A MAINSTAGE PRODUCTION
Darren Gilshenan (The Caretaker)
Heather Mitchell (RBG: Of Many, One)
Zahra Newman (A Raisin in the Sun)
Guy Simon (Whitefella Yella Tree)
Charles Wu (Golden Blood)
BEST PERFORMER IN A LEADING ROLE IN AN INDEPENDENT PRODUCTION
Nisrine Amine (Relativity)
Jessica Bell (The Wasp)
Jane Phegan (The End of Winter)
Masego Pitso (Chewing Gum Dreams)
Randa Sayed (Abu Salim)
BEST PERFORMER IN A SUPPORTING ROLE IN A MAINSTAGE PRODUCTION
Peter Carroll (The Tempest)
Anthony Gooley (The Caretaker)
Angela Mahlatjie (A Raisin in the Sun)
Ian Michael (City of Gold)
Claude Scott-Mitchell (The Tempest)
BEST PERFORMER IN A SUPPORTING ROLE IN AN INDEPENDENT PRODUCTION
Jane Angharad (Albion)
Violette Ayad (Son of Byblos)
Merridy Eastman (Hand to God)
Simon Elrahi (Son of Byblos)
Marcus Rivera (Ate Lovia)
BEST STAGE DESIGN OF A MAINSTAGE PRODUCTION
Jacob Nash (The Tempest)
Mel Page (A Raisin in the Sun)
Michael Scott-Mitchell (Amadeus)
Emma Vine (Photograph 51)
BEST STAGE DESIGN OF AN INDEPENDENT PRODUCTION
Jeremy Allen and Emma White (Hand to God)
Charles Davis (The Seven Deadly Sins & Mahagonny Songspiel)
Grace Deacon and Kelsey Lee (Destroy, She Said)
Monique Langford (Albion)
BEST COSTUME DESIGN OF A MAINSTAGE PRODUCTION
Elizabeth Gadsby (The Tempest)
Marg Horwell (Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde)
Renée Mulder (Triple X)
Romance Was Born and Anna Cordingley (Amadeus)
BEST COSTUME DESIGN OF AN INDEPENDENT PRODUCTION
Lily Hayman (Fledgling)
Katie Fitchett (Gods and Little Fishes)
Georgia Harper (Mother May We)
Esther Zhong (Moon Rabbit Rising)
BEST LIGHTING DESIGN OF A MAINSTAGE PRODUCTION
Alexander Berlage (RBG: Of Many, One)
Kelsey Lee and Katie Sfetkidis (Whitefella Yella Tree)
Nick Schlieper (Amadeus)
Nick Schlieper (Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde)
BEST LIGHTING DESIGN OF AN INDEPENDENT PRODUCTION
Benjamin Brockman and Morgan Moroney (Cleansed)
Frankie Clarke (Mother May We)
Tyler Fitzpatrick (Moon Rabbit Rising)
Trent Suidgeest (The Seven Deadly Sins & Mahagonny Songspiel)
BEST SOUND DESIGN OF A MAINSTAGE PRODUCTION
Tony David Cray (Amadeus)
Danni A. Esposito (Overflow)
Stefan Gregory (The Tempest)
Michael Toisuta (Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde)
BEST ORIGINAL SCORE OF A MAINSTAGE PRODUCTION
Stefan Gregory (The Tempest)
Arjunan Puveendran (The Jungle and the Sea)
Clemence Williams (Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde)
Clemence Williams (The Tenant of Wildfell Hall)
BEST SOUND DESIGN AND COMPOSITIONOF AN INDEPENDENT PRODUCTION
Chrysoulla Markoulli and Zac Saric (Tell Me Before the Sun Explodes)
Christine Pan (Moon Rabbit Rising)
Benjamin Pierpoint (Cleansed)
Steven Khoury (Mother May We)
BEST NEW AUSTRALIAN WORK
At What Cost? (Nathan Maynard)
Golden Blood (Merlynn Tong)
The Jungle and the Sea (S. Shakthidharan and Eamon Flack)
Triple X (Glace Chase)
Whitefella Yella Tree (Dylan Van Den Berg)
BEST NEWCOMER
Akkshey Caplash (Guards at the Taj)
Charlotte MacInnes (The Deb)
Adorah Oloapu (Nice Work If You Can Get It)
Masego Pitso (Chewing Gum Dreams)
Andrew Waldin (Nice Work If You Can Get It)
BEST ENSEMBLE
Albion (Secret House, New Ghosts Theatre Company and Seymour Centre)
Cleansed (Red Line Productions)
The Jungle and the Sea (Belvoir)
Moon Rabbit Rising (Little Eggs Collective and Belvoir’s 25A)
BEST PRODUCTION OF A MUSICAL
An American in Paris (GWB Entertainment and The Australian Ballet)
The Lovers (Bell Shakespeare)
Moulin Rouge! The Musical (Global Creatures)
Nice Work If You Can Get It (Michelle Guthrie in association with Hayes Theatre Co)
BEST DIRECTION OF A MUSICAL
Sheridan Harbridge (Dubbo Championship Wrestling)
Maeve Marsden (Lizzie)
Cameron Mitchell (Nice Work If You Can Get It)
Simon Phillips (The Phantom of the Opera)
JUDITH JOHNSON AWARD FOR BEST PERFORMANCE IN A LEADING ROLE IN A MUSICAL
Jack Chambers (Mary Poppins)
Casey Donovan (9 to 5)
Stefanie Jones (Mary Poppins)
Lisa McCune (Girl From The North Country)
Joshua Robson (The Phantom of the Opera)
BEST PERFORMANCE IN A SUPPORTING ROLE IN A MUSICAL
Natalie Abbott (The Lovers)
Simon Burke (Moulin Rouge! The Musical)
Lucy Maunder (Mary Poppins)
Caroline O’Connor (9 to 5)
Sam Ward (An American in Paris)
BEST MUSICAL DIRECTION
Chris King, Steven Kramer and Nigel Ubrihien (Jekyll and Hyde)
Andrew Ross (Girl from the North Country)
Vanessa Scammell (An American in Paris)
Damon Wade (Nice Work If You Can Get It)
BEST CHOREOGRAPHY IN A MUSICAL
Amy Campbell (A Chorus Line)
Sally Dashwood (The Deb)
Cameron Mitchell (Nice Work If You Can Get It)
Ellen Simpson (Dubbo Championship Wrestling)
BEST PRODUCTION FOR CHILDREN
ARC (Erth and Sydney Opera House)
Creation Creation (Windmill Theatre Company and Sydney Opera House)
Yong (Monkey Baa Theatre)
ZOOOM (Patch Theatre and Sydney Opera House)
BEST PRODUCTION FOR YOUNG PEOPLE
The Deb (ATYP)
M.Rock (ATYP)
The Monologue Collective (Laneikka Denne at KXT)
A Practical Guide to Self Defence (National Theatre of Parramatta and Merrigong Theatre Company)
LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARD
John Robertson
William Yang
HONOUR ROLL
Kate Bader – actor
Tony Barry – actor
Ken Boucher - director
Susanne Briggs – publicist
Uncle Jack Charles - actor
Alex Harding – playwright and composer
David Goddard – actor
Kevin Jackson – director and acting teacher
Hilary Linstead – agent and producer
Angela Lumicisi - actor
Shirley McKechnie - dancer
Marshall Napier – actor
Sue Nattrass AO – arts administrator
Carol Raye – actor and producer
Dennis Smith - producer
Grant Smith – opera and musical theatre performer
Joan Sydney - actor
Martin Vaughan - actor
Tony Youlden – lighting designer
PRESENTERS
Liz Alexander, Amanda Buckworth, Nancye Hayes, Michelle Lim Davidson, David McAllister, Elise McCann, Steve Rodgers, Tobhiyah Stone Feller, Melanie Tait, Michael Tyack, Daryl Wallis, Elijah Williams, Darren Yap
PERFORMANCES
“I’m The Greatest Star” - Angelique Cassamatis, Katelin Koprevic, Brittanie Shipway, Chloe Zuel
Musical Director Lucy Bermingham
Director Amy Campbell
“Crash Through Or Crash” from The Dismissal - Brittanie Shipway
Musical Director Steven Kramer
Les Misérables 35th Anniversary Tribute –
Trevor Ashley, Daniel Belle, Theresa Borg, Simon Burke, Tracy Case, Melanie Cornell, Martin Crewes, Margi De Ferranti, Rodney Dobson, Delores Dunbar, Zoe Gertz, Simon Gleeson, James Lee, Donna Lizzio, Darryl Lovegrove, Dean Macrae, Rob McDougall, Joy Miller, Lara Mulcahy, Matt Mullamphy, Natalie O'Donnell, Meredith O'Reilly, Silvie Paladino, Andrew Pole, Keith Robinson, Joshua Robson, Kaye Tuckerman, Michael Turkic, Yolande White, Chloe Zuel
Musical Director Anne-Maree McDonald
Coordination Margi de Ferranti
Director Trevor Ashley
